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Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Myocarditis: 1. ... Manage acute cardiac ... HF, Cardiogenic shock ... #Myocarditis #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... can be community-acquired ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Framework NCPE Pathophysiology ... Causes include: 1. ... lack of acute cardiac ... pulmonary edema • High ... #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
ASA class If high ... Change in clinical ... of Surgery: • High ... one post op Cardiology ... stratification #diagnosis
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... High incidence ... survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... renal failure Clinical ... neuropathy or cardiac
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
typically fall into 1 ... hemodynamics and cardiac ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... Cardiac cath if ... algorithm #management #cardiology
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Overview Normal: < 1% ... Clinically significant ... with moderate and high ... hypotension or septic shock ... CBC #hematology #pathophysiology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
transplantation CLINICAL ... MANIFESTATIONS: • The cardinal ... the underlying pathophysiology ... specific therapy, the clinician ... ventilation is required
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary 1. ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... months before 1° ... #management #cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... extraction is so high ... heart (Sepsis, Shock ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical